Detecting Cheats. cg_drawnormals and cg_thirdperson

[old.covert]

Hi I play in clan games on Quake3 Q3F Fortress mod. One of the clan members were found using cg_thirdperson on a public server a few days ago and now there is concern of how to stop this being used in clan games. Is there any way a person with rcon can read the settings of a clients quake3 config ? via the console.

 

[old.FlameTop]

Why do you consider third person a cheat? I cant see any way it gives you any real advantage, and it makes aiming a pig

There is no way for a server admin to check all the settings of a client. Some, like the network settings are available, but most are not.

FT

 

[old.Gibzzz]

thirdperson has previously been used to cheat, by being able to look round corners without being hit kinda thing.

Afaik Id have had the thirdperson angle cvar disabled so this can't be done. Ain't tested it tho.

 

[old.Necro]

I think that in the past thirdperson had a lot of variables, so people could use it to peep around corners (move view back, then change view bearing..). I think it is more restrictive nowerdays, and it strikes me as a relativly minor exploit anyway.